{"id":63062,"date":"2022-02-13T22:18:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T22:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=63062"},"modified":"2022-02-13T22:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T22:18:38","slug":"new-miami-dolphins-coach-mike-mcdaniel-extremely-proud-to-be-biracial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=63062","title":{"rendered":"New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel: &#8216;Extremely proud&#8217; to be biracial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/33269078\/new-miami-dolphins-coach-mike-mcdaniel-extremely-proud-biracial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel: &#8216;Extremely proud&#8217; to be biracial<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a><br \/>\n2022-02-11<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marcel_LJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marcel Louis-Jacques<\/strong><\/a>, Miami Dolphins Reporter<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/core\/video\/iframe?id=33272815&amp;endcard=false\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIAMI<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miami_Dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dolphins<\/a> coach <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_McDaniel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike McDaniel<\/a>, clarifying comments this week in which he said he identified &#8220;as a human being,&#8221; affirmed that his racial background is not something he simply identifies as &#8212; it&#8217;s what he is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First and foremost, I&#8217;m biracial. My mom&#8217;s white, my dad&#8217;s Black. I&#8217;ve been extremely proud of that my whole life,&#8221; McDaniel told ESPN on Friday. &#8220;It is a unique experience, being a race and then fully acknowledging that most outside observers, when they perceive you, they identify you as something other than the race you are. When you&#8217;re younger and that is happening, it&#8217;s very, very confusing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins introduced McDaniel as their 14th head coach this week. During a news conference Thursday in Miami, McDaniel was asked what his experience was growing up and whether his success can serve as an example for people with similar backgrounds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/33269078\/new-miami-dolphins-coach-mike-mcdaniel-extremely-proud-biracial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel: &#8216;Extremely proud&#8217; to be biracial ESPN 2022-02-11 Marcel Louis-Jacques, Miami Dolphins Reporter MIAMI &#8212; Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, clarifying comments this week in which he said he identified &#8220;as a human being,&#8221; affirmed that his racial background is not something he simply identifies as &#8212; it&#8217;s what he is. 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